As far as I've tested, these two methods work, but I don't know which one is the best, or the differences between them, and that's what I'd like to know.
Here are the two methods:
window.location = 'http://www.google.com';
window.location.assign = 'http://www.google.com';
These two methods are equivalent. The first one is clearer to me. The syntax for assign would actually be:
window.location.assign('http://www.google.com');
.assign() is actually a function.
The first is probably the most common.
The difference is this:
window.location ='' /window.location.replace(''), replaces the current document in the browser and browser history
window.location.assign('') assigns a new document to the browser and history.
Effectively "replace" does not support returning to the previous view in history (potentially useful in some applications). "Assign" allows access to history.
Difference between window.location.assign() and window.location.replace()
